The Right of Way

06/21/2019

“Like bicyclists, scooter riders want to get out of car traffic, which means the ranks of people calling for a more efficient, fair and safe allocation of street space — with protected bike lanes, car-free streets, wider sidewalks, etc. — can grow with scooter share.”

After riding electric scooters and seeing their effect on other cities, I’ve come to see them as a net good. They make our cities easier to navigate with technology that’s more green then many other modes of transportation. Even if you’re not interested in riding them, you should appreciate th...

04/02/2019

Hope to see our D.C. friends at our Smithsonian performance on Sunday, April 7th at 4pm!

The three-day festival offers a unique opportunity for schools across the Atlantic Coast Conference to convene and celebrate creative exploration and research happening at the nexus of science, engineering, arts, and design.

03/03/2019

Our hearts are with New Orleans this morning...

A car plowed into bicyclists and pedestrians on a street in New Orleans, killing two people and injuring six others as the city celebrates Mardi Gras festivities.

02/23/2019

Today we remember Hector Avalos, the bicyclist at the center of our documentary play, on what would have been his 34th birthday.

11/25/2018

Heartbroken. This is not an accident. When a driver is “distracted” like this, there is nearly always something preventable at play.

Seven cyclists are recovering in the hospital after being struck by a car in Davie Sunday morning.

08/31/2018

Last Wednesday, Bicycle Indiana invited a hometown Chicago cast to read “The Right of Way” as part of the Indiana Bike and Walk Summit in Indianapolis. It was an honor to continue lifting up Hector’s story in another Midwestern city.

The reading of Thomas Murray’s docudrama was directed by Tara Branham, dramaturgy was by Tanuja Jagernauth, and it featured Jazmín Corona, Alejandro Tey, Allyce Torres, Rolo Rodriguez, Elizabeth Nungaray, Emilio Velasco, and Adelina Feldman-Schultz.

Many thanks to Nancy Tibbett for her advocacy, Tabor Law Firm, LLP for underwriting the public performance, and to Chicago Dramatists for their pre-production support.

05/24/2018

After Macon residents became acclimated to the bike grid, Rogers says, the culture changed.

“It was no longer a political issue. It was no longer a class issue. It was no longer an infrastructure issue,” he says. “It was, like, we have all this asphalt, and we’re not using it. Why not let people bike around?”

Duplicating those results would be a little... utopian for a city like Philly. But a temporary bike grid would likely make cycling safer in areas outside of Center City.

04/28/2018

Last weekend, we shared “The Right of Way” on video at the American Planning Association national conference in New Orleans! We were grateful for the conversation about how the performing arts can be an effective tool for transportation planning! 🚲

04/18/2018

Many hailed the advent of the self-driving car as a way to make the roads safer. But with the first pedestrian killed by a self-driving car in March, the incident reminds us that cyclists and pedestrians are still in danger as long as the roads are primarily built for cars rather than other forms of sustainable transportation, according to Outside Magazine. http://bit.ly/2H9nNI4

04/11/2018

Our play doesn’t specifically mention the Dutch Reach, but it’s a phenomenal tactic to cut down on “dooring” incidents. It should be the future of driver education in our country.